A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 118 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (73 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 40.53 km, -177.5858° West, -30.3022° South. Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 01:09:55 / July 6, 2019 @ 1:09 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.53 km (25 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:09:55 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70004bl8. Event ids that are associated: us70004bl8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 118 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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